Anti-realism

Over the past centuries, the topics of realism and anti-realism have been on ongoing debate amongst philosophers. Both perspectives have been revisited time after time, citing different reasons for the existence of each belief. These two topics belong to the area of philosophy, more specifically, metaphysics. Metaphysics explores the nature of existence, exploring why things exist and how they came to exist in the first place. Philosophers argue that it is the foundation behind philosophy, answering questions about the existence of the world, that if left unanswered would hinder our perception and grasp of reality. Therefore, realism and anti-realism ultimately “concern the aim of science” as mentioned by Samir Okasha in his book Philosophy of Science: A Very Short…

Of all the movements America has gone through since its inception, I believe the realism movement best-aligns itself with who I am as a person. I believe that we, as humans, are nothing more than a collection of atoms, just like every space-occupying thing in our universe, and that we are no more significant than any other object. A way this belief translates to my every-day life is how I am not a religious person. Most of the popular religions teach that humans are somehow “special”, and they…

The realistism of Norman Rockwell For six decades, through two World Wars, the Great Depression, unprecedented national prosperity and radical social change, Norman Rockwell held a mirror up to America and reflected its identity through his illustrations. The images that Rockwell produced are very realistic, sometimes he also creates settings and suggests situations for the people in his paintings based on photographs. (examples shown in Image 6&7) “There were details, accidents of light, which…

Realism in film is neither a rigid genre nor is it an isolated structure in filmmaking and reflects our daily lives projected onto a screen, with a plausible narrative in place and characters we can relate to. Realism films are often devoid of style, or lack an aesthetic and instead focus on the content within the story, which tends to fall towards subject matter surrounding everyday life situations and sometimes addresses societal issues. Realism can combine with a variety of genres such as…

Realism is a period of art that started in the 1850’s and has continued on in various forms since then. In a literary sense Realism is the attempt to portray life as it is and not, like the Romantics, as it should be. This philosophy is the heart of Realism and “has its origins in Descartes and Locke” who laid the groundwork for Empirical thought (Ian Watts, Rise of the Novel). Realism portrays society by using Empirical methods, the human senses, to create an objective view of reality in the…

realists; terrorism can be seen as a part of war. However, realists’ basic principle and belief is that states hold the highest power and international organizations in only useful when a nation can see them as a medium to achieve their nations’ interests. Terrorist groups are non-state actors and are not usually directly affiliated by states as that may cause them to violate the universal human rights agreement. So just how significant is the existence of terrorist group to the security of a…

must fight for it. Neoconservatives find that the U.S. has the values and ideals that everyone longs for, and that being the greatest superpower, the U.S. ought to fight for those rights. Neoconservatives want to spread democracy through force against dictators and often believe preemption is just. A grand strategy offered by a neoconservative might be Deep Engagement. Spreading democracy and civil liberties abroad sounds great, but often they create more anti-American sentiment. U.S. engagement…

Anti-Realism - As it’s not realistically filmed the films using this structure tend to be action or si-fi. It usually is quite surreal which keeps the audience in disbelief. An example of this would be the Mighty Boosh, which is a very surreal and alternative form of anti-realism due to the fact that it is very strange and also quite dream-like. We know this because in one scene the two protagonists are buried to their necks in sand and shots where smoke was coming off one of their heads. This…

The world is not black and white. There is rarely an absolute and definitive reason why a country ventures onto the lands of an opposing state. There are a number of factors that can come out to play when analyzing a countries imperialist nature. In the article “Explaining Imperialism: The State of the Art as reflected in Three Theories”, Rajan Menon and John R. Oneal interpret the discourse behind imperialism and formulate three theories; the realist theory, the socialist theory of capitalism…

Discovery can encompass the many experiences of discovering something for the first time or rediscovering something that has been lost, forgotten or concealed. These discoveries can change an individual’s perspective of human nature and the wider world. The theme of discovery is projected throughout the play, ‘The Tempest’ (1610), by William Shakespeare and the novel, ‘The Perks of being a Wallflower’ (1999), by Stephen Chbosky. The Tempest, written in the Jacobean era and reflecting aspects and…